My spearmint plant seems ready to be extracted from! I have searched on google and I haven't learned very much at all. Every time I search for it, I receive stuff about spearmint extract. No good. I've got a little idea, I guess. I would appreciate it if anyone here can offer me a little insight into the art of spearmint extraction! Thank you!

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these".

well if you add alcohol it will preserve it for a long time.
Thats usualy put in the extracts you buy in the grocery store.

To make oil, however you soak fresh herb/flowers in olive,safflower etc oil for about two days, strain and keep in tight sealed container.
Glass canning jars are good if you are making a lot. I guess you can add alcholol.

These are just old fashioned ways of making herbals at home.
If you are interested in serious essential oil production, you need to have a distiller.

"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these".